Jonah 1:3 Part 2 of 2

But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.

 

He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port

Joshua 19:46  ... Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa. [in the territory allotted to the tribe of Dan]

2 Chronicles 2:15-16  "Now let my lord send his servants the wheat and barley and the olive oil and wine he promised, and we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them as rafts by sea down to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem."   

Ezra 3:7  Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

Acts 9:36  In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. [see verses 37-43]

 

After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD 

Exodus 4:13  But Moses said, "Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else."

Jeremiah 20:9  But if I say, "I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name," his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed I cannot.

Jeremiah 44:16  "We will not listen to the message you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD!" 

1 Samuel 8:19  But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We want a king over us."

Jeremiah 11:8  " 'But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts. So I brought on them all the curses of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.' "

Amos 3:8  The lion has roared--who will not fear? the Sovereign LORD has spoken--who can but prophesy?

Jonah 3:1-2  Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time. "Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you."

Acts 4:20  "As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."

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